All winter long, hundreds of thousands of American homes heat safely with wood stoves, fireplaces and wood stove inserts. Burning wood is not only effective, it’s efficient and comforting. Yet, every year, thousands of other homes suffer serious damage each as a result of fires directly attributed to those same wood-burning appliances and the chimney systems connected to them. What are the differences between these homes and the homes that heat with wood safely, year after year?
What’s Old Is New Again!
Maybe it’s the sensational experience of throwing a log on a crackling fire, or it could be the energy independence and environmental sustainability of burning cut trees. Sometimes it’s the beauty that an updated hearth appliance adds to your home. Maybe it’s the increased efficiency and high heat output of today’s wood burning fireplaces. At Mountain Hearth & Patio, our recent increase in wood burning fireplace installations comes from a combination of all the above.
Update Your Wood Burner and Save with the Biomass Stove Tax Credit
What Kind of Fireplace Do I Have?
With over 20 years in the hearth industry, we get one question more than any other—“What have I got?” or “Is this a factory-built fireplace or a wood stove insert?” or “Is this a gas log set or a gas fireplace” or “It looks like a wood burning fireplace, is it?” No one in our industry intentionally set out to create a set of descriptions that lack clarity and uniformity, but that’s how it ended up. We’re here to help!
Improve Your Life With A Fireplace Insert
Do you have an open face, drafty outdated fireplace? A fireplace insert could be exactly what you need! Inserts are hearth appliances designed to fit into the opening of your fireplace. A new fireplace insert will improve your life! It will look better, heat better and increase the value of your home.
Flicker, Crackle & Pop in Your Fireplace
There are a few things that we associate with the lifestyle and beauty of Colorado—fresh powder, golden aspen leaves, monsoon season, and cozying up around a crackling fire. What is better than a warm fire on a cold night? A real wood fire is sensational: the flickering of the light, the smell of the logs, the crackling and popping sounds. For this reason, many homes in our communities were built with wood burning fireplaces as an amenity.
